11/08/09 a 7:26pm por Rafael Prieto Zartha Bitácora La vida para la comunidad hispana de Estados Unidos habría sido menos complicada si el presentador de CNN Lou Dobbs hubiera permanecido explorando el espacio sideral, las constelaciones y las nebulosas en su portal de internet Space.com, como lo hizo durante... Continuar »
Not that this is surprising to those of us working on immigration issues, who've been documenting this kind of anti-immigrant extremism for years, but it is disturbing to watch it caught on tape. Consider This News' Peter Daou reports on a recent New Hampshire townhall protest where one demonstrator... Continuar »
By Guest Blogger Mario Quiroz, from CASA de Maryland: "Delay may be business as usual in Washington, but Baltimore isn't having it. Yesterday evening, amidst news that President Obama now sees immigration reform delayed until 2010, the Baltimore City Council passed a resolution-- the first like it in Maryland--... Continuar »
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently expanded 287(g), a law that gives local officials the authority to act as federal agents in the enforcement of immigration laws. 287(g) has a number of serious implications. One, it takes valuable resources away from law enforcement agencies that are trying to catch... Continuar »
President Obama reiterated his commitment to moving immigration reform forward yesterday during comments made at the North American Summit held in Guadalajara, Mexico. The President's comments point to the pressing need for Secretary Napolitano to move aggressively as the President's point person and for Congress to step up and... Continuar »
A day after President Obama announced that legislation to overhaul immigration laws would have to wait until next year, the secretary of homeland security played down the need for change in a speech here and took a tough stance on enforcing current immigration laws. Continuar »
A newspaper reports that Frederick County has reaped about $2.6 million in the past two years from a contract allowing the county jail to hold federal immigration detainees. Continuar »
A contract with the federal government that pays Monmouth County $105 a day to incarcerate immigrants awaiting hearings and deportation is one of the highest rates among local jails and private prisons that hold thousands of such detainees, according to a survey of the contracts by the Associated Press. The... Continuar »
Under fire from immigration reform supporters who say he's not moving fast enough, President Barack Obama said Monday he expects to have a draft immigration bill in Congress by year's end — but that lawmakers wouldn't begin to seriously debate the issue until next year. Continuar »
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is attending a conference in Texas on border security. She sat down with a Times reporter Monday to discuss a number of issues, including the Mexican drug war, immigration detention in the U.S. and legislative reforms. Continuar »